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Matthew Sweet

@drmatthewsweet

Writer, broadcaster, Barbara Cartland fan

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dm'd you

09.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Only a few tickets left for my event this Saturday at Farnham Lit fest with @stephmerritt.bsky.social @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social. Come along if you’re in Kent or nearby or actually far away. Make a bloody effort.

www.farnham.gov.uk/farnham-even...

09.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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So that’s what she did after she got cancelled

09.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 17, Dial 'B' for Britain: The Story of the Landline The story of how Britain's telephone network was built, and its impact on the public.

Something I worked on back in the day. A repeat on #BBCFour this Wednesday, 8PM. Another chance to see #Timeshift’s Dial 'B' for Britain: The Story of the Landline: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

08.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think so too. A celebration of British idioms and iconography - and the idea that British artists must go to Europe for freedom and sustenance.

06.03.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm thinking, though - is that really roly poly or a Danish cinnamon whirl?

06.03.2026 09:39 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei | United Kingdom πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | Official Music Video | #Eurovision2026
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei | United Kingdom πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | Official Music Video | #Eurovision2026 YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest

Tony Hancock's The Rebel, a bank of Radiophonic Workshop synths, an orange Mini Cooper driving down the Dr Who time tunnel - and a banging chorus in German. Our Eurovision entry works for me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=niMK...

06.03.2026 09:31 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 10
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(By emielscartoons on IG)

06.03.2026 04:18 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Dr Who parts 5-11

05.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They don’t know about ectoplasm

05.03.2026 12:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of her last acts was to launch her own website, with the help of the man who wrote the UFO encounter classic No Doubt About It for Hot Chocolate.

05.03.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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"Let's see how you like it, @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social..."

05.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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This is scaldingly good

04.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yan Ge | It cannot read the human heart A friend in China messaged me on WeChat. β€˜What are your thoughts on the plagiarism scandal?β€™β€˜What scandal?’ I...

when you are an author (or a student) putting in texts even "just for editing" into gen-AI, you are at risk of plagiarism bec this is how the algorithm works. in old-fashioned academic integrity lingo, you participate a mass "collusion". we end up with 30 essays with the same structure & argument

04.03.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

GB News are now bringing Restore Britain on to the channel to tell their own black British presenter, born in Newcastle, she is not British - and it is "ridiculous" to define being British in a way that includes black people.

03.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 384 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 11
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Doing a course at @ies-sas.bsky.social on magical texts. Such a treat to be able to inspect and handle these treasures.

03.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School, 27-31 July 2026 The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…

Many medievalists and early modernists have fond memories of the Keele Palaeography Summer School - it lives on! Now in the convenient location of central Birmingham, organised with help from @ies-sas.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social Booking open now!

palaeography.uk/study/short-...

02.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They were inseparable.

03.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No I think it's her best mate Bernice

03.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it's a rare skill - we hover above paragraphs now, don't we, rather than riding them and looking ahead ...

03.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's what we all need to aim for

03.03.2026 11:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

We all need cheering up a bit I think

03.03.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Promise I'll get some pink stuff before publication day.

03.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
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1970s bank robbery kit by Mattel

01.03.2026 12:26 πŸ‘ 634 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 20

Oh thank you for this!

27.02.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC Radio 4 - What Happened to Progress? From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?

The piece was inspired by my involvement with this excellent short series on BBC Radio 4, presented by @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

25.02.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hungary's leader orders extra security at energy sites, claiming Ukraine plots disruptions Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor OrbΓ‘n ordered extra security at critical energy infrastructure sites after claiming Ukraine was attempting to disrupt Hungary’s energy system.

Viktor Orban is now 20 points behind in the polls - and so he has ordered the military to guard β€œkey energy facilities” against a possible Ukrainian β€œattack.” Hungarians fear he plans a fake national security emergency or false-flag incident before the April 12 election
apnews.com/article/hung...

25.02.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 3366 πŸ” 1584 πŸ’¬ 220 πŸ“Œ 172
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"The Welcoming Land", by Clemence Dane - read by Sir NoΓ«l Coward YouTube video by AntPDC

Watching, as many might be tonight, An Audience with Kenneth Williams. He talks about losing his favourite record, and how Hattie Jacques found him a replacement. Noel Coward reading Clemence Dane's The Welcoming Land. It's here. Gorgeously patriotic. www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...

22.02.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

the sound of his shoes ...

21.02.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

he was right

21.02.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0